A bomb disposal unit has been deployed to a Lincolnshire lake as local authorities continue to investigate the discovery of mustard gas in the area.

Royal Navy personnel are now at a lake in Stixwould near Woodhall Spa after Lincolnshire Police widened their search after the potentially deadly substance was found in the village on Sunday, October 1.

The gas was discovered in Roughton Moor Woods which has been cordoned off by officials while investigations are carried out to see if more of it can be found.

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Councillor Craig Leyland, who represents Woodhall Spa on the district council, said: "This is a very serious incident given the way it's being dealt with by the police, the MoD and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at Porton Down and I can fully understand that people are concerned.

"There's an ongoing police enquiry that seems to be gathering pace.

"The use of mustard gas was banned in the 1920s but the presence of these shells here raises a lot of historical questions."